We hand collected data from the IPO prospectus on the primary use of proceeds of IPO firms
and examine whether it contains useful information about the firm's future performance and …

This paper examines whether merger and acquisition (M&A) exits have the same effect on
venture capital (VC) reputation than initial public offering (IPO) exits? Using a large sample of …

We examine the effect of overconfidence bias on VC firms’ investment. Using a sample of
US venture capital exits by IPOs and M&As between 2000 and 2019, we construct an …

Prior research does not consider the case of IPO firms making frequent acquisitions after going
public and treat all transactions as a one-time deal. We distinguish between frequent and …

We investigate the acquisition motive for initial public offerings. Specifically, we adopt survival
analysis technique in order to examine both the likelihood of the M&A event and its timing …

The southern Chotts Basin is located 120 km southwest of the Gulf of Gabes, Central Tunisia
(fig. 1) and is a proven prolific area for oil and gas exploitation since the early 1980. This …

The southern Chotts basin (SCB), Central Tunisia, has shown hydrocarbon potential since
the end of the 1980s. This basin records a complex structural history which appears …

We provide new evidence on the grandstanding hypothesis by considering initial public
offerings (IPOs) as well as mergers and acquisitions (M&As) exits for venture capital (VC) firms …

Research question: What is the general profile of countries adopting IPSAS in accounting,
institutional and economic terms? Motivation: IPSAS are perceived as the benchmark of public …

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